Nikolay Epshtein

Nikolay Epshtein
Born	Nikolay Semenovich Epshtein 1919 Kolomna, Russia
Died	September 2005
Citizenship	Soviet
Occupation	Ice hockey coach
Religion	Jewish

Nikolay Semenovich Epshtein (1919 – September 2005) was a Soviet ice hockey coach.

Early life

Epshtein, who was Jewish, was born in Kolomna, Russia.^[1][2]

Ice hockey coaching career

He coached from 1953 to 1975 in the Soviet National League, he was head coach of “Chimik” in Voskresensk, Russia.^[1][3][4]

He was also head coach of the Soviet Union national ice hockey team and the Soviet Junior National Team that won a European Championship.^[1][5][6]

He died from Alzheimers.^[4]

Halls of Fame

He was an inaugural inductees to the Russian Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.^[1] He was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.^[1]

See also

• List of select Jewish coaches

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Nikolay Epshtein". Jewishsports.net. http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/NikolayEpshtein.htm. Retrieved August 15, 2011. 
2. ^ "Hiring Kuperman Paying Off for Jets". The Jewish Post & News. February 19, 1992. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7jghAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_mAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1603,1370582&dq=nicolai+epstein+hockey+soviet&hl=e. Retrieved August 15, 2011.  |author=n
3. ^ "The Soviets Have Their Stars, Too". The Windsor Star. May 13, 1975. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2ORYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W1IMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1616,4319644&dq=nicolai+epstein+hockey+soviet&hl=en. Retrieved August 15, 2011. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "2005 Hockey Deaths". Sihrhockey.org. http://www.sihrhockey.org/public_2005_hockey_deaths.cfm. Retrieved August 15, 2011. 
5. ^ "Universal Game". The Leader-Post. October 23, 1969. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4ONUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bDwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3308,4190532&dq=epshtein+hockey&hl=en. Retrieved August 15, 2011. 
6. ^ "The U.S. National Hockey Team didn't score many goals". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. January 16, 1961. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1072181/index.htm. Retrieved August 15, 2011. 

External links

• International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame bio